Carlyle is reportedly readying itself for its biggest-ever European fundraise with eyes on up to €7.5bn.
The firm hauled in €6.4bn for the final close of its fifth flagship European buyout fundraise in 2019, but is looking to trump that with Carlyle Europe Partners VI according to a Bloomberg report.
It cited unnamed people it said had knowledge of the fundraise, who said the vehicle should hit the market later this year.
Deals done by Carlyle using its Europe funds include the €1.75bn buyout of car construction software specialist Autoform from fellow private equity house Astorg last November.
Earlier last year it agreed a £958m buyout of Inhaled medicine specialist Vectura.
Carlyle closed its fourth Europe fund on €3.75bn in 2015.
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